Americans in occupied Belgium, 1914/1918 : accounts of the war from journalists, tourists, troops and medical staff /
Klekowski, Edward J.
Americans in occupied Belgium, 1914/1918 : accounts of the war from journalists, tourists, troops and medical staff / Ed Klekowski and Libby Klekowski. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The attack -- Book burning -- Murder and mayhem on the Meuse -- Besieged Antwerp -- The last ditch in Belgium -- Prussian Belgium -- Is food a weapon -- Feeding the Etappen zone and social Darwinism -- Battles around Ypres -- Medieval U-boat nest -- Americans going and coming -- Final acts -- After the war.
"Belgium in the First World War: the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and the last liberated. Belgium was home to a large American colony: people working for U.S. corporations, diplomats with the American Legation and Americans armies. This book tells the story of the German invasion, occupation and retreat from the perspective of Americans who were there"--
9781476614878
World War, 1914-1918--Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.
Americans--History--Belgium--20th century.
Electronic Books.
D623 / .A447 2014
Americans in occupied Belgium, 1914/1918 : accounts of the war from journalists, tourists, troops and medical staff / Ed Klekowski and Libby Klekowski. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The attack -- Book burning -- Murder and mayhem on the Meuse -- Besieged Antwerp -- The last ditch in Belgium -- Prussian Belgium -- Is food a weapon -- Feeding the Etappen zone and social Darwinism -- Battles around Ypres -- Medieval U-boat nest -- Americans going and coming -- Final acts -- After the war.
"Belgium in the First World War: the first country invaded, the longest occupied, and the last liberated. Belgium was home to a large American colony: people working for U.S. corporations, diplomats with the American Legation and Americans armies. This book tells the story of the German invasion, occupation and retreat from the perspective of Americans who were there"--
9781476614878
World War, 1914-1918--Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.
Americans--History--Belgium--20th century.
Electronic Books.
D623 / .A447 2014